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poll

[pohl] / poʊl /
NOUN
census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
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In a recent poll by Germany's leading football magazine Kicker, external, 80% of readers said they thought Klopp was the right choice.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Nokia posted an 18% rise in second-quarter group comparable operating profit to 434 million euros, beating the 384 million euros expected in a FactSet poll.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

But an Economist/YouGov poll conducted in recent days found that support diminishing.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

A poll of MarketWatch followers on X found that 75% have worked for a micromanager, with one commenter saying: “They say they hate micromanagers yet aren’t self-aware to realize they are a micromanager.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Actually, they generally poll a larger number than is theoretically necessary to compensate for problems associated with getting a random sample.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Voter registration and Get Out the Vote groups are also emphasizing the need for voters to bring sufficient ID to the polls.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

But he has only three years to turn things around, with Reform tipped in polls to win the next general election expected in 2029.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Voters will go to the polls on 13 August.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Marine Le Pen of the insurgent right National Rally is leading in the latest polls for next year’s presidential elections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Surveys or polls which don’t include confidence intervals or margins of error are often misleading.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of 63 cents a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The chart includes forward price-to-earnings ratios, which are Thursday’s closing prices divided by consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by FactSet, weighted by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of $1.48 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting adjusted earnings per share to be $9.38 and a net loss of $5.93 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

I polled about half of the companies on the Fortune 500 list—the list of the largest corporations in the United States—asking each company questions about its CEO.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Voters in the Atlantic archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe, regarded as a model of democracy in Africa, will head to polling stations on Sunday for the presidential election.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, polling since the third candidate, Mallory McMorrow, dropped out suggests that Stevens has been the larger beneficiary of her support.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

However, polling frequently suggests inheritance tax is widely regarded as the least fair tax, external.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Mr. Bardella is National Rally’s presumptive candidate if Ms. Le Pen opts not to run, and early polling suggests he’d have a shot at winning.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

I explained that I got this idea from the polling my friend Dick Dresner had done for the movie industry.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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